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Blanchett, Baldwin React to Dylan Farrow Accusations

As Woody Allen's camp shifts focus to Mia Farrow

(Newser) - In her letter detailing sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of adopted father Woody Allen, Dylan Farrow called out several celebrities for continuing to work with the director. One line: "What if it had been your child, Cate Blanchett? Louis CK? Alec Baldwin?" Two of those...

Dylan Farrow: Allen Abuse 'Haunted Me'

Adopted daughter recounts sex assault, blasts Hollywood for celebrating director

(Newser) - After last month's Golden Globes tribute kicked up controversy over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse against Woody Allen, his accuser—adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, now 28 and living under a different name in Florida—is stepping forward to give her side of the story. In an open letter to...

Man Pleads Guilty in Jaycee Dugard-Like Case

Raul Ochoa to get 22 years in state prison

(Newser) - A horrifying case out of California is drawing comparisons to Jaycee Lee Dugard's story: A Richmond man who held a young girl as a sex slave for 14 years yesterday pleaded guilty to charges of forced lewd acts on a child and forcible rape in exchange for a 22-year...

Chicago Archdiocese Reveals Decades of Sex Abuse

6K pages of documents show priests moved, promoted after allegations

(Newser) - The Archdiocese of Chicago has released more than 6,000 pages of internal documents showing decades of hidden sexual abuse by 30 priests. Priests accused of abuse still received promotions, while alleged victims faced church-backed investigations, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The church moved accused priests between parishes and left abuse...

348 Arrested, 386 Kids Saved in Huge Child Porn Bust

Investigation spread from Canada to 50 countries

(Newser) - Nearly 350 people, including schoolteachers, doctors, and actors, have been arrested around the world in what Toronto police called one of the largest child porn busts they have ever seen. Police say 386 children were rescued as a result of the sweeping investigation. More than 100 people were arrested in...

Penn State to Pay Sandusky Victims $59.7M

Money will go to 26 men who were abused

(Newser) - Penn State says it is paying $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The university made the announcement today, and says it has concluded negotiations that have lasted about a year. The school says...

Woman Beats Accused Child Abuser to Death

Admits to attacking man with baseball bat, says he abused daughter

(Newser) - A Colorado woman has confessed to beating a homeless man to death with a baseball bat, but claims she did it because her daughter told her he "had touched and sexually abused her." Forsythia Owen, 30, told cops she attacked Denzle Rainey, 42, in an alleyway, while he...

Mom Charged With Helping Jailed Boyfriend Rape Son

Sabrina Bonner, Lionel Barthelemy on trial in France

(Newser) - A mother in France is on trial for allegedly helping a man to rape her 4-year-old son. Sky News describes Lionel Barthelemy, 31, as the boy's stepfather but also as the boyfriend (not husband) of Sabrina Bonner, 25. Whatever the relationship, Bonner is accused of going to visit Barthelemy...

Pregnant 11-Year-Old Can't Get Abortion in Chile

She may die if pregnancy goes ahead

(Newser) - An 11-year-old girl in Chile is 14 weeks pregnant, the result of two years of sexual abuse by her mother's partner. Both the girl and the fetus are at risk of death if the pregnancy goes ahead, but in Chile, one of the most conservative countries in Latin America,...

Catholic Church Keeps a Secret 2nd Set of Records

But sex-abuse inquiry is exposing those files

(Newser) - For centuries, the Catholic Church has had two sets of books—one for routine matters, the other containing records of controversial matters ranging from clandestine weddings performed by priests to clergy alcohol abuse. That second set of records, the first mention of which appeared in the 1700s, has been kept...

British Sex Abuse Probe Snares Another TV Legend

Rolf Harris, 83, suspected of 'sexual offenses'

(Newser) - A sex-scandal probe has led to the arrest of another legend of British television. British police last year launched Operation Yewtree following allegations against the late Jimmy Savile, who has since been called one of Britain's biggest-ever sex predators. Now, it's Australian-born Rolf Harris, 83, who's suspected...

2nd LA Teacher Accused of Widespread Sex Abuse

Robert Pimentel arrested, accused of abusing 20 students

(Newser) - A fourth-grade teacher who worked for nearly 40 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing 20 students, a year after another veteran teacher accused of molesting nearly two dozen students brought national attention to the district and the problem of classroom...

Hasidic Therapist Gets 103 Years for Sex Abuse

He was charged with 59 counts

(Newser) - Nechemya Weberman, an unlicensed therapist and powerful member of the Hasidic Jewish community of Brooklyn, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of 59 counts of sexual abuse yesterday, reports the New York Times . After days of testimony from a victim who says she...

Cops: Savile Among Biggest Sex Predators in UK History

Police say a staggering 450 victims have come forward

(Newser) - When allegations of sex abuse surfaced against the once-beloved British entertainer Jimmy Savile, police initially thought there were 25 to 50 victims, reports AP . A three-month police investigation out today shows that Savile, who died in 2011 at age 84, was a much bigger monster than that, reports the Guardian...

Texas Millionaire Hit With 11 Counts of Child Molestation

Stanley Marsh 3 faces 20 years in prison

(Newser) - Texas millionaire and eccentric artist Stanley Marsh 3 has been charged with 11 felony counts of child molestation. Police sought the 74-year-old, whose claim to fame is his "Cadillac Ranch" display along a Texas interstate, following a series of lawsuits saying he paid 10 teens to perform sex acts....

DC Sniper: My Shooting Partner Sexually Abused Me

Lee Boyd Malvo says he's coming forward now because he 'can handle it'

(Newser) - In a rare interview, DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo revealed today that he was sexually abused by the man who planned his 2002 killing spree. "For the entire period when I was almost 15 until I got arrested, I was sexually abused by John Muhammad," Malvo told Matt...

Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files' Go Online

You can search the database of 1,250 Scout leaders accused of abuse

(Newser) - An Oregon lawyer has released 15,000 pages of the so-called " perversion files ," documents that recount child abuse within the Boy Scouts, reports the Seattle Times . "The stories in those files are real little boys and real stories of abuse," says attorney Kelly Clark, who opened...

Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks BBC
 Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks BBC 
Oct 3, 2012 1:20 AM CDT

Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks BBC

Broadcaster 'horrified' by claims host Jimmy Savile abused underage girls

(Newser) - The BBC has been hit by a sex abuse scandal with strong echoes of the Jerry Sandusky case. A growing number of women are coming forward with claims that they were sexually abused decades ago by eccentric TV host Jimmy Savile, who died last year at the age of 84....

Sandusky Writing Book in Prison

Book would be follow-up to 2001's 'Touched'

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky is using his time in jail to write a follow-up to his 2001 autobiography, the unfortunately named "Touched," sources tell WJAC-TV . The former Penn State assistant coach, who is awaiting sentencing on 45 child sex abuse charges, is getting help writing his second book from his...

Penn State TVs Switched to Public Access Before Report

Sets in student center left CNN just as today's report was released

(Newser) - It was either a bizarre coincidence or a weird attempt to downplay today's Penn State report on campus: The TVs in the college's student center suddenly switched from CNN to public access just as news about the Freeh Report broke, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . Some of those gathered...

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